NEC Philharmonia + Wolff = .... nice !

Once again I returned to the New England Conservatory with my Meetup friends for

another FREE concert.

This concert was not held as originally scheduled due to the Boston power outage the week of March 13th.

Tonight, the program was performed
brilliantly as originally designed !

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Tonight Maestro Hugh Wolff took to the podium and conducted works by Charles Ives and Aaron Copland, including the famous Fanfare to the Common Man. This American-themed concert featured:

Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man ...(MY FAVORITE)

Ives - Three Places in New England, S7

Copland - Symphony No. 3 ...(WOW)

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Copland and Ives are considered two of the most iconic of American composers, although for the most part their methods were very different.  Ives evoked the landscapes and especially the quintessential mosaic of sounds of American life.  Copland became a powerful advocate for American music and, particularly during the period of World War II, consciously set about creating music that was idiomatically American.

This program is bracketed by related Copland works - the instantly familiar Fanfare for the Common Man and the later Symphony No. 3 that makes foundational use of Fanfare's themes throughout.

It was composed on a commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Serge Koussevitzky in 1946.  It reflects the positive feelings of peacetime and new prosperity that marked the postwar period.  Ives' Three Places depicts three landscapes, two of them familiar to Massachusetts residents : The St. Gaudens in Boston Common: Col Shaw and his Colored Regiment . 
The work is famous for its interweaving of plantation songs, hymn tunes, patriotic songs, and famous marches.

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Jordan Hall 

There is more to come!

Don't miss these musical opportunites... they are FREE !